Oregon Legal Research BlogAbout those Reading Tree and Thrift Recycling Management “Blue Bins” (not to be confused with the Blue Screen of Death): Just as when something labeled “natural” isn’t…
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More Uses for Old Law Books
Another use for old law books and a fun one at that: Federal Supplement w/ Glass Flask Our current guide on How to Dispose of…
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Oregon Last Will and Testament: Free, downloadable forms?
…questions people ask, in Oregon law libraries, on the web, and probably around dinner tables (at least around some dinner tables!). Oregon does not have any stand-alone court-sanctioned estate planning…
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Oregon Nonprofits and the Law
Law librarians get all sorts of questions about nonprofit organizations. We get questions from nonprofit board members, donors, lawyers hired by nonprofits, and from people who want to set up nonprofits….
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Internet Dating: Law Librarians Walk Into the Abyss and Beyond
Law librarians are useful people to have around. We know how to find statutes, cases, obscure reports, know about mysteries of the invisible web, guide you through the pain…
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Nine Things Pro Se (Self-represented) Litigants Need to Know
…all online. You can’t “Google” the law and expect to win your case. Legal analysis is even harder. See, for example: Five Methods of Legal Reasoning…
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Researching “Criminal Justice” versus Researching “The Law”
Researching criminal justice topics can be quite different from researching the law. There is overlap, of course, but sometimes not very much at all depending on the specific question….
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Oregon Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) Research Resources
Ordinary people (non-attorneys) often ask law librarians the most complex legal questions and expect answers. It’s a mystery. We show people how to fish – we don’t give them…
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New 2008 Disabled Parking Law: Wheelchair Users Only
The Willamette Week (12/12/07 issue) article by Nigel Jaquiss, “Space Odyssey: New law limits disabled parking benefits for drivers not in wheelchairs,” describes the new law, SB 716, that…
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Free “Law School” (via CALI) – or a Cure for Insomnia?
Do you have what it takes not only to enjoy law school classes, but not to fall asleep when you hear someone talk about indebitatus assumptsit, a conditional devise,…